re: #102 brookly red

You make a good point. I do think though that it is important to remember that the point here is not to get a confession to something already done but to get information to try to prevent something that has not as yet been done. I think there are pros & cons to both sides of this and they all revolve around the word ‘if”.

The ‘if’ is, I think, found in Matthew.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?